Other shoe drops on Apple TV: hard drive is upgradeable

How to perform disk transfer for TV:

# dd /dev/disk1(or whatever the TV drive is) >/dev/disk2(Whatever the destination drive is)

All done!

"the video delivered to the apple stores was not great quality at all, so don't let that perturb you too much" - Bruce

If that's the case, Apple better do something to rectify the situation, because I can't imagine anyone walking out of an Apple Store with an Apple TV in hand after seeing the jaggy garbage on the display units.

you're welcome.

I picked one up today, it's growing on me already. the video delivered to the apple stores was not great quality at all, so don't let that perturb you too much.

As far as apple is concerned, from a DRM perspective the ATV is just a hybrid form of iPod. By giving it a HD it can sync to a machine that could later disconnect from the network thereby enabling the ATV to operate independently. Also in shared living spaces like dorm rooms you could connect to your machine in your room and watch your movies without any hassles.

I'm actually thinking of sticking one in my car, that way every time I come home it would automatically sync the latest content from the network.

I'm with Rich.It would be AWESOME if I could run FULL OSX on that thing like it were a regular Mac.

this is pretty exciting. now if only apple was giving away a free HD screen with purchase like Sony in england.

Quix, the content must somehow have been of low bitrate. I watched some home-made content on a 36" LCD last night using AppleTV and it looked stunning. This micro Mac is going to have some interesting uses.

It runs OSX.

Dropping Perian.org's plugin into /Library/Quicktime gives full DiVX support! Woohoo!

Why all the buzz about upgrading the Apple TV hard drive? I thought the vision was to stream all your content from a central source (i.e. your Mac) so you didn't have to store it next to your TV? I see the hard drive in the Apple TV as a temporary staging area and buffer device, not as the place where I want to permanently store all my media.

I checked out the Apple TV at my local Apple Store this morning, and I have to say I was extremely disappointed. The menus look great and navigation is smooth and intuitive. But the picture quality on all the demo material was horrible! TV shows, movies, music videos - they seemed little better than YouTube quality. OK, I exaggerate for dramatic effect, but honestly, it all looked really bad. The TVs were Sony HD units, between 30 & 40". Even when I stepped back 6 or 7 feet, the picture quality still looked bad. Which is odd, because I've been downloading Battlestar Galactica to my iPod this season and watching it on my 57" rear projection and have been mostly satisfied. Not thrilled, but satisfied.

Until Apple goes high-def, I'll stay away. And no digital surround sound? What the hey??? I expect more from Apple. Much more.

Next thing to try - install OS X (the full version of 10.4.9 Intel), Linux, XP, Vista, etc. on one of those things (and not the one sitting next to my TV at home).